Chief Financial Officer at CMA CGM

Mission

• On the authority of the General Manager and the CMA Terminals, the CFO manages and monitor the financial and fiscal activities of the entity.
• He supervises the Internal Control and local finance team.

Responsibilities

• Produce accounting and financial information that are accurate and reliable on a timely manner with the support of finance local teams and CMA Terminals.
• Control the quality and compliance of all produced reportings for Group and CMA Terminals purpose - monthly closing - prepared by local teams.
• Assure the compliance of the statutory accounts and of any other return related to local requirements.
• Assure the application of local rules such as accounting, finance and tax.
• Assure the application of Group financial rules and procedures within the entity.
• Identify of any current financing arrangement or commitment and ensure that the relevant authorizations / validations have been obtained from CMA Terminals before entering into any new financing arrangement or commitment.
• Manage and monitor customer credit and collection in interaction with CMA Terminals.
• Manage and supervise the working capital and cash flow of the entity, in compliance with Group rules.
• Build the budget of the entity with the General Manager and ensure its monitoring in interaction with CMA Terminals.
• Be the business partner of the General Manager in all development and optimization projects of the entity and assure the efficient communication with CMA Terminals the in-progress of this project.
• Linked with the General Manager, serve as a reference for local authorities in his scope of responsibilities: financial institutions, legal auditors and for Group internal departments
• Propose and implement all necessary actions to reach performance targets (KPI) set up by CMA Terminals.
• Monitor the key performance indicators of the entity in interaction with CMA Terminals.
• Contribute and monitor the optimization of financial processes.
• Communicate with the General Manager as well as Group Finance Department and Fraud Department of any fraud and/or compliance issue.
• Monitor the financing and assure the relation with the banks.
• Be the interlocutor of governmental entities, especially of the local port authorities.

Profile and competencies

• Master 2 in Finance, Management.
• Comprehensive understanding of financial analysis methods and techniques as well as a great expertise of IFRS, internal control principles and closing/reporting processes.
• At least 8 years of a professional experience in a similar position.
• You speak English fluently.
• Organized, dynamic, autonomous, you have a strategic vision and strong financial knowledge.
• Leadership, strong interpersonal and communication skills, team worker.